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The list of costly services that supplement some children's public education is growing longer and now includes consultants, tutors, and test prep. That's in addition to the homework help some stay-at-home parents can afford to provide. ”
Of course, my own political beliefs inform the ideas I come up with. ”
I'm really interested in how we view the public figure, what makes a public figure, what makes a celebrity, and how images make politicians, so I take an interest in politics, but it's really an interest in the image. ”
We have lots of evidence that putting investments in early childhood education, even evidence from very hard-nosed economists, is one of the very best investments that the society can possibly make. And yet we still don't have public support for things like preschools. ”
If I have an idea, I can actualize it through our political leaders. ”
All in all this is a difficult political struggle which will go on for years, in which our people won't die anymore; I'm not sure how much we will be able to win, but I'm certain that we won't loose anything that we have now. ”
Some of the greatest artists did their best work when they got political. ”
I think that there is an element where leadership is lonely, but I also believe that it doesn't have to be like that. ”
We need to make sure we're creating spaces to create new leaders and new types of leadership. ”
When we address the disparities facing black people, we get a lot closer to a true democracy where all lives matter. ”